Apparatus for the supply of drinks or beverages.



` 119.393,343. PATENTEDJULY14,1908.

J. MEYER..

l APPARATUS POR THE SUPPLY OP DRINKSO'R BEVBRAGS.

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J. MEYER.

R THESUPPLY O'P DRINKS 0R BEVERAGE-S.

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Iwhich thefo UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEICE.v

JOSEF MEYER, OF COLOGNE, GERMANY.

, APBRATUS FOR SUPPLY OF DRINKS OR BEVERAGES.

Slrry llqul s (Syrups and the hke) to the carbomc acid water (soda water), and in various other novelties which will be described hereinafter,

The apparatus is shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a rear view, Fig. 2 a sideelev'ation, and Fig. 3 a corresponding side elevation with the movable parts in another position. Fig. 4 is a vertlcal section through the valve casing which contains the valves for cutting off and opening the various pipes or canals together with the measuring de-- vices. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the valve casing. Fig. 6 is an intermediate vertical section. Fig. 7 is a plan view' of] the disk which serves to give the various Fig. 8 is a section on the curvedy line G--H of Fig. 7 through the art of said diskwhich receives the coins. ig. 9 shows the same parts in al different position. Fig. 10 is a section as Fig. 4 showing another position of the movable parts. Fig. 11 is a section as Fig. 5 with another position`ol" themovable arts. Fig. 12 is a vertical section through t e mixing receptacle, showing the automatic valves. Figs 13-16 show the construction of one of thedevices for controlling the outflow of the essences.

1-is the valve casin which contains four valves 2, 3, 4 and 5. hese valves are ofthe ordinary construction in this class of devices as will'readily be seen upon reference to Figs.

' 4, 5 and 6, the liquid or gas being allowed to escape4 when the valves are in rop'er position. Beside lthese there is aA fth valve 64 (see Fig. 6) which latter effects the connection of the measuring vessel 7 for the carbonic acidwater with the outlowipassage 8. The -four valves 2, 3, 4, 5 are positively controlled by the lever 9. The 'said lever is rig- Speccation nl 'Le-tters Patent. Application ledlarch 25, 1905.` Serial No. 252,037.

of theseveral essences or additional liqui Patented July 14, 190e'.

idly connected with a rocker 10fwhich extends laterally so as to engage the two upper, or the lower. valve stems, and according to the position of the lever 9, operates on the valves 2, 3, 4, 5 two by two so that in the one position (Fig. 2) the two upper valves 2 andl 4 are pressed in,.while in the other position (Fig. '3) the two lower valves 3 and 5 are pressed. The valve spindles tend to stand outwards under sprin the soda water (carbonieacid water). valve is actuated by a splring 11 as will be described later. The pre mixer action. These four y Y valves serve to contro the several passages or pipes which are utilized in the makingqpf v minar- 14 has a solid horizontal partition ividing the same into an upper and lower compartment, as seen cleary in Fi 12. Through this com artmentextends t e tube 17 having an engarged lower end forming a rose 18. In the said enlarged end of the tube is located a ball valve which will close against u ward ressure but will open for the escape and gas-from the upper compartment.

i The .carbonic acid comes from a bottle 12,

and when the valve is in the pro erposition said carbonic acid passes throug pipe 13 to themizngvrecep'tacle 14. Fresh water entersthis receptacle through a pipe 15. The float 16'closes the mouth of the p ipe 13 when the proper amount of water as entered. The carbonic acid gas depresses the ioat, permeates the water 1n passin through the upper perforated end of tu e 17, and then passes upward through the water in escaping through the rose 18. 19 is an escapement vvalve theA casing of which is connected by ipe 20 with the space above the obstructin goat 16. Now when the water is turne on in pipe 15, it will ill the llower com artment 1n 14 and will then pass up throug the pipe 20 by the check valve 19 into the upper compartment until the float 1 6. closes the end ofthe ipe 13. During this flow the pi e -13 throug the valve casing 1 connects Wit the atmosphere for the escape of the air in the part 14. Compressed carbonic acid gas is carbonio acid with the water. Evidently there must be automatic valves in the ipes 15 and 21 as shown in Fig. 12 of the rawings. The device for the internal mixing consists of several (twoin the drawings)I receptacles 22, the inner arrangements of which may be'seen from the right hand receptacle in'Fig. 1. In each receptacle 22 a rose nozzle 23 isprovided, throu h which the watercharged with carbonio acid is allowed to fall; bythis means the water iscaused to stream in a finely divided state through the carbonic acid under pressure in each receptacle, and must in turn give u some of its When the valves are inv the right positionthe prepared soda water passes out from the casing 1 through pipe 26 and out at the top thereof" into the measuring4 vessel 7, and 1s taken away from said vessel by the valve 6 already mentioned. It should be noted that in another position of the valves the pipes 25A and- 26 serve to allow of the esca e of gas from the upper portion of the vessef)7 downward to the atmosphere.

The movement of the lever 9 is effected by the disk 27 shown best in Figs. 7, 8VY and 9, which disk moves to and fro the'lever 9 by means of an eccentric slot 28 as said disk is strawberry syrup and so forth turned. Another eccentric slot 29 serves for 'the movement of spring 11 and thereby also ofv the outletyalve 6 already mentioned. The disk 27 is mounted on the base which supports the measuring vessel 7, as seen best in ig. 6.

The turning of the disk 27 can only take place when a coin 30 is inserted (Figs. 8 and 9). This is insured by a`suitable releasing arrangement such as that shown in Figs. 8 and 9 and embodying a coin-slot 27a in the plate 27 0, and a shoulder 27h on the lower plate 27 d to en age the coin, as will be clearly understoo from Figs. 8 and 9, where the parts will be seen in their two positions, the one part being mounted for movement on the other.l Further, care is taken to insure that both the forward and backward movements of the disk shall be fully made.

The disk 27 serves also for moving a shaft 31.v The shaft 31 is connected by the link 31 with the upright rod 78, and the member 31a connects said shaft 31 and the disk 27, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. The ob'ect of this is to connect the receptacles whic contain the respective essences (such as ras berry syru g by suitable means with the outflow pi e 8, so that any selected fruit essence or t e like may flow out. This device is as folloWs:-32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 are regulating devices of suitable kind the object of which is to connect the ,pipes 37, 38, 39, and 41 leading from the respective essence or syrup reservoirs 42, 43, 44,. and 46, on the one hand with the measurin fiasks 47, 48, 49., and 51, and on the other and to connect said fiasks with the pipes 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 all of which discharge into the outlet pipe 8. For this object these regulating devices are formed, as is shown in the drawings, with sector-shaped plates 90 which turn upon stationary plates 91 of simi lar form, in which plates canals 92, 93, 94 and 95 are formed adapted to make the required connections by tliese movements. The canal 93 connects with the pipe 93X, the canal 94 with the pipe 94X, the canal 95 with the pipe 95X, as seen in Figs. 13, 14 and 16. At one position of the apparatus the syrup reservoirs are connected up with the measuring flasks and at another position the outlet from the syru reservoirs is cut off and the outlet ofthe ask is connected up with the Ypipe leading to the spout L. Each regulating device comes into operation as soon as one of a set of hooks 57, 58, 59, 60 and 61 (Figs. 1, 2 and 3) is moved downward. For this object levers 62, 63, ,64, and 66 are arranged before the respective regulating devices, and on the turning of the shaft 31 the levers will be moved upward, pushing upward the hooks 57, 58, 59, 60 and 61 of the respective regulating devices, which are ieturned to their-original position by the projections 67, when the latter are brought by the reverse movement of said shaft within reach of the hooks. This however is not the normal condition.

On shaft 68 are fixed disks 69, 70, 71, 72 and 73 each of which is provided with a fiattened part; the fiats are at an angle to one another on the respective disks as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. Levers 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78 are pressed against these disks by springs 79, buta projection 67 can only come within reach of a nose 61 when the lever 74, 75, 76, 77 or 78 is opposite to a fiat on its respective disk. Normally the levers 74, 7 5 76, .77 and 78 rest against theuniiattened partsof the disks.

The shaft 68 is eared by initei wheels 80,

l 81, to shaft 82 of t e pointer 83 which moves over the diHerent indications of names of drinks on the disk 84. If the pointer 83 stands at Seltzerwater all the disks 69, 70, 71, 72, and 73 aresoplacedthatthere is not a flat in front of any one of the levers 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 so that on operatin the apparatus none of the regulating evices are moved. 'Conse uentl only seltzerwater is delivered. If t e pointer 83 stands at the `indication Raspberry drink the fiat part of that disk which controls the res ective one of the levers 74, 7.5, 76, 77, 78 which 0pcrates the regulating device 'required comes y to the forward 'pos1tion.- The outflow pipe ceive thedesired drink.

of this regulating device then sends down raspberry syrup to the common outlet 8 from which at the same time soda water is discharged, so that a ras berry 4drink is made. The delivering of ot er drinks takes place in the same manner., It is hence only necessary to set the indicator tothe name of a drank, before or after inserting a coin,and to turnthe operating handle, in order to reclaim 1. In an apparatus for the supply of drinks containin carbonio acid, the combi-` nation of means orsu'pplying water and cars' bonic acid, means for mixin such Water` and carbonic'acid, means Jfor taking 0H the drink, a valve casing andl connecting channels, valves Within said casing for controlling said channels, a lever for controlling saidvalvs,

- and means for actuatingsaid lever, and for bonic acid, means for mixin such water and carbonic acid,means for taking off the drink, a valvecasing and connecting channels, valves within said casing for controlling said channels, a lever for controllin said valves, and means for actuating said lever, and for controlling said lever together with the outflow, essence receptacles, and means for selecting the essence and delivering it to the outflow-pipe, and an indicator to determine tlle essence to be delivered.'

3. In an apparatus for the supply of drinks containlng carbonic' acid, the combination with a plurality of reservoirs and their discharge pipes, of regulating devices,l

measuring flasks, an outlet pipe common to all of said flasks, said regulatin devices being provided with sector-sha e plates, stationary plates, canals inv sai plates, hooks, levers, a shaft for operating them simultaneously, and projections for coperation with said hooks.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses:

JOSEF MEYER.

Witnesses:

THEoDoR HEEsE, Grnonef-v PEMPE. 

